Knowing My Colors

You should have taken more time To learn and log the colors of me Feel the lush growing green Of my natural heart How each dawn would burst Through hardened soil A carpet of care on which to walk You could have witness my wash of blue Refreshing as the summer surf Lingering on your wilting body When days and ways of the world Sunburned your soul In the pale yellow light Of my softness There was room for you To lie by my side Undisturbed and focused on dreaming I would have taken you To the blazing heat of red passion love Fire and frenzy That only two bodies braided into one Can call their own You'd have seen my paint box of purples Lilac, lavender, Iris and Violets Picked with a most purposeful hand Placed in a vase Where my fragrance could find you Remind you.... In the blackest hours of endless night Your hand had only to reach for mine And all the gray of time would dissolve Allowing for the pillory white of angel wings To lift your heart in hope The crimson crumpled leaves of Autumn Golden, until they fell Now follow the breeze, blindly (As do I) Down the street where you no longer reside A street without certain color